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SHIYAN 27C, 63601

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SHIYAN 27C, 63601 is a payload satellite owned by CAST (CN) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 18 Apr 2025 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 6A launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

63601, 2025-078C

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

2 days ago

Origin

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

CAST

Mission

Operational spacecraft

Bus & Motor

SW27, Unknown motor

Mass

300 kg wet, ~300 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-04-18 (2 weeks ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 6A

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Unknown

Radar Cross Section

Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 2 days ago

0 SHIYAN 27C
1 63601U 25078C   25118.94534612  .00000071  00000-0  13680-3 0  9998
2 63601  99.6933 127.4139 0007024 206.5820 153.4966 13.68321707  1340

Epoch: 2025-04-28T22:41Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-28T22:41:17.904Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

-70.0628°

Altitude

1,013.056 km

Speed

7.343 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 29m 39s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-23.91294°

Longitude

-63.69177°

Altitude

1,018.078 km

Speed

7.34 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

11h 39m 37s

Apparent Declination

-66° 38' 54"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

07:18:37

Azimuth

156.056° SSE

Elevation

-27.505°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,008.063 km

Perigee altitude

997.695 km

Semi-major axis

7,381.016 km

Eccentricity

0.0007024

Inclination

99.6933°

RAAN

127.4139°

Arg. of periapsis

206.582°

True anomaly

153.53249°

Mean anomaly

153.4966°

Eccentric anomaly

153.51455°

Mean motion

3.4227 °/min

BSTAR

0.0001368

Orbital period

105.18 mins

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SHIYAN 27C Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
11 mins	2025-04-30 23:56:25.966Z	144.685° SSE	2025-05-01 00:01:25.966Z	85.492° E	39.531°	2025-05-01 00:07:25.966Z	354.839° N
8 mins	2025-05-01 01:42:25.966Z	225.829° WSW	2025-05-01 01:45:25.966Z	259.582° W	20.67°	2025-05-01 01:50:25.966Z	314.449° NW
10 mins	2025-05-01 12:43:25.966Z	37.068° NE	2025-05-01 12:47:25.966Z	88.583° E	31.87°	2025-05-01 12:53:25.966Z	165.414° S
9 mins	2025-05-01 14:27:25.966Z	348.834° N	2025-05-01 14:31:25.966Z	296.446° NW	28.831°	2025-05-01 14:36:25.966Z	236.134° WSW
5 mins	2025-05-01 22:50:25.966Z	79.493° E	2025-05-01 22:52:25.966Z	57.219° ENE	16.437°	2025-05-01 22:55:25.966Z	25.864° NE

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